Ukiah, California Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Economy== Major employers in Ukiah include:<ref>{{Cite web |title=North Bay Business Journal: Book of Lists # North San Francisco Bay Area, Sonoma, Marin, Napa counties |url=http://lists.northbaybusinessjournal.com/index.htm?djoPage=view_html&djoPid=4301 |access-date=March 14, 2018 |website=lists.northbaybusinessjournal.com}}</ref> * [[Mendocino County]] * [[Ukiah Valley Medical Center]] * Mendocino Forest Products * [[Walmart]] * Savings Bank of Mendocino County * [[Mendocino Community Health Clinics]] * [[Granite Construction]] * [[The Home Depot]] * [[Lucky (supermarket)|Lucky]] * [[Federal Express]] * [[Safeway Supermarket]] * [[Westside Rennaissance Market]] ===Major products === {{more citations needed section|date=August 2018}} Ukiah is known for [[Winemaking|wine production]]. Some very large production wineries, including [[Brutocao Cellars|Brutocao]], Fife, Parducci, Frey, and Bonterra have become established here since the late 20th century. Ukiah vintners are known for innovating with organic and [[sustainable agriculture|sustainable]] practices. Ukiah was previously a major producer of [[pear]]s. Alex R. Thomas & Company owned hundreds of acres of [[Bartlett pear]] orchards on the east side of the Ukiah Valley. For nearly 90 years, many local residents and [[migrant workers]] have been employed packing the pears for domestic and foreign consumption. On December 1, 2008, the company announced it would be shutting down major operations at the end of the year due to bankruptcy.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Glenda |date=July 26, 2011 |title=New life for old Ukiah pear-packing plant |work=Santa Rosa Press Democrat |url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/2287887-181/new-life-for-old-ukiah |access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref> Several acres of orchard have been torn down and replaced with vineyards since the packing shed closed its doors. As of 2011, the main facility was slated to reopen as a composting and trash-sorting facility.<ref name=":0" /> The Ukiah Valley is home to the Ukiah Brewing Company, a [[Organic certification|certified organic]] [[brewpub]]. Ukiah used to be a center of hops cultivation in the 19th century. Craft beers are stimulating production again. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page